Date:         Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:21:41 EST
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlight Relay Info
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In a message dated 12/14/04 6:51:14 PM, jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM writes:

<< For those considering the headlight relay upgrade, here's a link to a great
document on how, why, etc...

http://dsl.torque.net/images/Relays.pdf >>

This is just another iteration of the rather dog-eared D. Stern document on
lighting upgrades.  The problem with this scheme and the other upgrades, as I
have pointed out before, is twofold.  First, it leaves the relay coil and
headlamp switch branches unprotected.  Secondly, if a fuse blows in the Stern
scheme, both headlights are lost, either high or low.

Whenever I did a lighting upgrade, I was fortunate to find a two position
relay block with a two pole fuse holder tagged on to it.  The relay holder was
lurking in my Vanagon junk -- it must have come from an '84 -- and it was made
for its new application.

George